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We couldn’t get people interested in science - until we started speaking their language
In 2020, Puerto Rico faced a misinformation crisis. Melanie Ortiz Alvarez De La Campa reveals how five STEM undergraduates created a sci-comm organization that helped pass legislation, educated thousands, and created an inclusive database of Caribbean scientists.
Could livestock-originated probiotics replace synthetic antibiotics for livestock?
In many developing countries, the use of antibiotics in both humans and animals is often indiscriminate and poorly regulated. Could livestock-originated probiotics be a suitable replacement?
Safety and nutritional claims for raw milk
Robert F Kennedy Jr. famously advocates drinking raw milk and promotes its benefits. But how safe is unpasteurised milk? Nicola Holden and Gil Domingue, who sit on Applied Microbiology International’s Food Security Scientific Advisory Group, take a deep dive into the science.
How AI-designed probiotics can help aquaculture feed Humanity – the right way
Aquaculture is essential for meeting the growing global demand for fish. But in order to expand fish farming in a sustainable manner, innovative efforts are crucial.
Swimming upstream: the microbial marathon in salmon farming
Is it acceptable to prioritize production over welfare?
Once-subtropical Vibrio infections on the move along coastlines
As new stretches of coastline become vulnerable to potential Vibrio outbreaks in a warming aquatic environment, Applied Microbiology International member Elizabeth Archer examines how human health is inextricably linked with ocean health.
A pivotal moment for cultivated meat
Across Europe, concerns are being raised about the potential dangers of a burgeoning technology that allows scientists to grow animal tissue, without the need for slaughter, as Jake Bell explains.
Microbial hydrogen cycling - the good, the bad and the ugly
With global populations looking likely to top 10 billion by the year 2050, the practices that we use to grow food need to adapt in kind - and what better way is there but to harness the innate power of microbes!
Food poisoning pathogen keeps bouncing back
A major food poisoning outbreak 30 years ago linked to a fast food chain changed how we tackle food safety - so why does the pathogen responsible keep popping up?
Food waste is a vital resource that could be mined to meet food security goals
Achieving sustainable solutions for food and nutritional security is a top global priority at present, with the drive to provide nutritionally balanced food to people around the world, and fulfil the target SDG 2.
How AI gives us food for thought
Michael Ukwuru reveals the many ways in which artificial intelligence could address global food safety challenges.
Could livestock-originated probiotics replace synthetic antibiotics for livestock?
Safety and nutritional claims for raw milk
How AI-designed probiotics can help aquaculture feed Humanity – the right way
Swimming upstream: the microbial marathon in salmon farming
Once-subtropical Vibrio infections on the move along coastlines
A pivotal moment for cultivated meat
Microbial hydrogen cycling - the good, the bad and the ugly
Food poisoning pathogen keeps bouncing back
Food waste is a vital resource that could be mined to meet food security goals
How AI gives us food for thought
We couldn’t get people interested in science - until we started speaking their language
In 2020, Puerto Rico faced a misinformation crisis. Melanie Ortiz Alvarez De La Campa reveals how five STEM undergraduates created a sci-comm organization that helped pass legislation, educated thousands, and created an inclusive database of Caribbean scientists.
It’s game over for dangerous Gain of Function research
The Trump adminstration has signed an Executive Order halting federal gain of function research on microbes - but does it throw the baby out with the bathwater? Virologist Simon Wain-Hobson, Emeritus Professor with the Pasteur Institute, Paris, gives his take.
Much ado about microbes
A group of leading scientists has recently reviewed the benefits and risks of Gain of Function research and issued new consensus recommendations - Simon Wain-Hobson examines the report exclusively for The Microbiologist.
Has a viral contribution to Alzheimer’s disease been in front of our noses this whole time?
The concept that a viral infection may induce pathology in regions far from its active location is gaining traction. Could this phenomenon also be at play in Alzheimer’s disease?
New RSV vaccines on the way - so what do we do about vaccine hesitancy?
Not one, but two promising new vaccines are likely to be introduced to the UK, yet routine childhood vaccination rates have been decreasing for ‘old’ diseases like measles and polio - what’s going on?
The threat of viral zoonosis hasn’t gone away
Why we’re liable to be ambushed by viral zoonosis - despite everything we’ve learned from Covid
We couldn’t get people interested in science - until we started speaking their language
In 2020, Puerto Rico faced a misinformation crisis. Melanie Ortiz Alvarez De La Campa reveals how five STEM undergraduates created a sci-comm organization that helped pass legislation, educated thousands, and created an inclusive database of Caribbean scientists.
Pride in Microbiology Network: the road so far
Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira, a founding member of the Pride in Microbiology Network, reveals how it has developed since it was launched three years ago - and what needs to happen next.
Wheat straw and muncipal waste - how next generation biofuels can save the world
With greenhouse gas emissions peaking, the search for renewables is intensifying. AMI Healthy Land Scientific Advisory Group member Juan Luis Ramos and his colleagues Estrella Duque and Patricia Godoy take a look at the future of biofuels.
Is climate change driving an increase in cases of anthrax?
The anthrax outbreak in Africa could be a harbinger of more to come, with climate change creating opportunities for the emergence of more cross-over strains capable of causing anthrax-like infections.
Why we need a land bank policy for climate displacement
Council for At Risk Academics (CARA) Fellow Win Myo Thu on how to prepare for increase climate-induced displacement.
Your voyage may vary - so let’s open up the oceans to everyone
All too often we go about our days in science forgetting what other people’s journeys are like - so let’s fight for belonging.
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We couldn’t get people interested in science - until we started speaking their language
In 2020, Puerto Rico faced a misinformation crisis. Melanie Ortiz Alvarez De La Campa reveals how five STEM undergraduates created a sci-comm organization that helped pass legislation, educated thousands, and created an inclusive database of Caribbean scientists.
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Science and the humanities in the crosshairs
The German Research Foundation (DFG) President Professor Dr Katja Becker issued a stark warning about the “war on science” and the need for solidarity at the organisation’s annual meeting in July. The Microbiologist reports her speech in full.
COP29: Doomism is turning audiences off climate action - so let’s share the success stories
With governments under pressure to deliver on Net Zero targets, doomism in climate communication threatens to backfire and deter audiences from taking action. But microbiology’s stories of hope could be the inspiration we need.
Future Feedstocks: Unlocking the Potential of Biofuels
The recent release of the marine fuel specification standard will play a key role in determining the future of biofuel feedstocks – ultimately deciding the winners and losers in this evolving market.
The problem of microplastics in the oceans: it’s time for effective solutions
Swimming upstream: the microbial marathon in salmon farming
Once-subtropical Vibrio infections on the move along coastlines
Could deep sea mining destroy the treasure trove of biomedical compounds yet to be found?
Your voyage may vary - so let’s open up the oceans to everyone
Tiny microbes in the vast unknown could be vital to our futures
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